His life, 16-year-old Mateo Escovar said, can be one of suffering. And yet he smiles. Every step is danger. Every step brings risk that his muscles will cave, his legs will crumple, and calculations ...

A competitive swimming program developed by University of Queensland researchers for young people with severe cerebral palsy has reversed motor decline associated with the condition. Professor Sean ...

Since Oliver Coombes and Jenna Herndon began swimming, the two usually finished near the bottom of the leaderboard, and by no fault of their own. That changed this year.

Although it happened decades ago, the memory of this day on the water is crystal. Then 8-year-old Kristie had gone with her father to a public pool in Raleigh and was begging to go off the diving ...

FORT WASHINGTON, Pennsylvania (WPVI) -- "If you look at triathletes, you might think that they have to look a certain way," said Cameron Smith. "It's not true." The 60-year-old racer does not swim, ...

Ahmedabad: She cannot hold a pen, but Maitri Jha, 33, is already an author with her life story published as "Maitri" earlier this year in Aug. Born with cerebral palsy, she finds true freedom in the ...